You know, I’m a death penalty proponent, but spending the rest of your life in prison seems to me to be far harsher than execution. Yes, killing a murderer is a just process, and it might also be more humane, not that it makes any difference, except to the victims relatives.
I’m an eye for an eye type.
You take a life, you forfeit your life.
I don’t mind someone sentenced to death getting an automatic appeal. ONCE.
This crap of a convicted killer spending 20+ years in prison before their execution is insane.
It cost money to house, feed and give healthcare to people whose crimes have been evil enough for them to be put to death.
Add in the costs for legal appeals and its outrageous.
Every extra day these monsters draw breath is a win for them and a loss for society.
I’m not 100% sure but being on death row is a lot different that being in gen pop with everyone else even if they are in for life. Death row inmates get limited yard time by their selves and not much contact with anyone other than their attorney, jailers, and maybe an inmate next door they can’t see directly.
This may all be different now, I don’t know, but as you said; death row is a hard row to hoe. It’s a lonely existence; not a life at all. I think this is by design.